What knife would you like to see next from CPK?

[Hammer67]

7" Seax

 

[StoneAndSteel]

Sounds like an EDC would be a good candidate.

I’ve owned one and fount it to be more of a utility knife profile. It was nice for sure, but not a shape made for the same purposes of a DEK.

Try a Kephart. For whatever reason, people like it better.

Kind of the same issue: the profile doesn’t suite well for what I have in mind.

Frankly if I could own every model of CPK, I would. Regrettably my funding is not supportive of that desire so I have to be judicious.

 

[Blues]

You'd probably like something a little larger than this neck knife that the late Darrel Ralph sent me years ago. Not too far off in profile. I have others but I'm too lazy to hunt images right now.

 

[coolbreezy37]

Still waiting on that chopper like…

 

[Blues]

StoneAndSteel

That blade is about 3" along the edge, and about 7/8" from spine to edge, (at its widest), to give you some perspective.

So that gives you some wiggle room between 3" and 4.5" to maneuver.

 

[StoneAndSteel]

StoneAndSteel

That blade is about 3" along the edge, and about 7/8" from spine to edge, (at its widest), to give you some perspective.

So that gives you some wiggle room between 3" and 4.5" to maneuver.

That thing looks nice. CPK still holds my heart, but I'm going to start shopping for one of those in the meantime.

 

[Blues]

That thing looks nice. CPK still holds my heart, but I'm going to start shopping for one of those in the meantime.

Sadly, Darrel is no longer with us...and he made that and surprised me with it years ago as a gift. His step-son made the sheath.

I'm sure there are knives like it, but I don't know if he ever had any produced as a mid-tech or similar. This one is S90V and Micarta.

Let me know if and when you're back stateside and local...maybe I can help you find something.

 

[oldmanwilly]

CPK Skinner in AEB-L or whatever steel Nathan thinks is best.

 

[StoneAndSteel]

Sadly, Darrel is no longer with us...and he made that and surprised me with it years ago as a gift. His step-son made the sheath.

I'm sure there are knives like it, but I don't know if he ever had any produced as a mid-tech or similar. This one is S90V and Micarta.

Let me know if and when you're back stateside and local...maybe I can help you find something.

I looked around and saw that he’d passed. You know I’m hitting you up next time I’m out that way; beers will be on me.

 

[Blues]

I looked around and saw that he’d passed. You know I’m hitting you up next time I’m out that way; beers will be on me.

Look forward to it,

 

[RousingRabbles]

I choose the majority of fixed blades based on how they would be for carrying on long backpacking or hiking trips. I’d absolutely love to see a good backpacking type knife from CPK. For me this means it’d be decent for most bushcrafting and camp chores while being pretty lightweight. So… <5oz, around a 4” blade/8.5” OAL, stock around 0.13”

Kind of like a DEK1 with thinner stock and slightly less palm swelling. The DEK3 might end up being pretty close, but I haven’t seen any yet, so I shall see.

 

[XtianAus]

I choose the majority of fixed blades based on how they would be for carrying on long backpacking or hiking trips. I’d absolutely love to see a good backpacking type knife from CPK. For me this means it’d be decent for most bushcrafting and camp chores while being pretty lightweight. So… <5oz, around a 4” blade/8.5” OAL, stock around 0.13”

Kind of like a DEK1 with thinner stock and slightly less palm swelling. The DEK3 might end up being pretty close, but I haven’t seen any yet, so I shall see.

You might find the Dek3 a bit to thin! Though, depends how hard you are on your knives in camp use. But the tip is ground real thin and doesnt come with the same rough use warranty as the other models. That said it is still a CPK so

The Edc is quite a stout knife for its size but is closer at .140
Could be a good choice! Will have to see what Nate does with it if/when we see it revisted this year

 

[EMCEE]

Very excited to see how the Lorien design “Trail Cutlass” turns out! In my limited experience, the CPK and Lorien collaborations have all been amazing and the upper fringe and outer tier of the fixed blade industry. Thank you !

 

[Casinostocks]

Indeed ! Do you have a Behemother and a BC ? If so, how do they compare ? I absolutely adore my BC but can’t really comprehend the differences by just reading the specs.

I tried hard in the past to trick Nathan to complete the hat trick or the trilogy by making another version with a 14" BL, to be named the Behemothest. He never said no way You see, I could never get one of those Keffeler Gorillas so the path of least resistance was to work on Nathan! Maybe the Kukri has replaced that idea but there was a time when a 14" CPK Chopper had a gleamer of hope

 

[grunt soldier]

More potatoe knives. Please lol

 

[Blues]

More potatoe knives. Please lol

I didn't realize that Dan Quayle was a member here.

 

[EMCEE]

Why didn’t they allow dogs on the Whitehouse lawn?

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

I think ya'll should step out ya'll's comfort zone and try something totally different like an Osoraku Zukuri blade shape.

 

[EMCEE]

I think ya'll should step out ya'll's comfort zone and try something totally different like an Osoraku Zukuri blade shape.

Mr. Finkbeiner Jr,

I’d bet that the expert makers of Carothers Performance Knives are open to suggestions on future additions to their amazing product line. However, I’m just a collector and a zealot. That being said, am I spelling “Osoraku Zukuri” correctly when I enter it in the “search function”?

I’m asking as a fan of CPK and bladed instruments in general but when I searched the name of your suggestion, it drew a blank. Thank you .

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

Mr. Finkbeiner Jr,

I’d bet that the expert makers of Carothers Performance Knives are open to suggestions on future additions to their amazing product line. However, I’m just a collector and a zealot. That being said, am I spelling “Osoraku Zukuri” correctly when I enter it in the “search function”?

I’m asking as a fan of CPK and bladed instruments in general but when I searched the name of your suggestion, it drew a blank. Thank you .

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